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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CONNECTICUT COLLECTION

                                                                     992
                                                                     ECKE, GUSTAV. CHINESE DOMESTIC FURNITURE. BEIJING:
                                                                     PEKIN HENRI VETCH, 1944

                                                                     Folio (380 x 265 mm.). 161 uncolored plates illustrating 122 pieces. Unstitched
                                                                     as issued, the set contained in original blue cloth box with printed paper labels.
                                                                     One of 200 copies.

                                                                     $8,000-12,000

                                                                     PROVENANCE

                                                                     The library of C.T. Loo (1880-1957), New York.
                                                                     Frank Caro Gallery, New York.
                                                                     1944年 古斯塔夫‧艾克著《中國花梨家具圖考》

992

                                                                     ANOTHER PROPERTY

                                                                     993

                                                                     A POLYCHROME LACQUERED SOFTWOOD INCENSE STAND
                                                                     KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

                                                                     The circular top is decorated with a phoenix and other smaller birds amidst
                                                                     a rocky landscape, above a tall waist decorated with lotus separated by shou
                                                                     characters. The whole is raised on fve elegant cabriole legs joined by
                                                                     shaped aprons and terminating in upswept feet raised on balls set into the
                                                                     circular base, which is raised on short bracket feet, and all is decorated
                                                                     with lotus scroll.

                                                                     30¬ in. (77.8 cm.) high, 13æ in. (34.9 cm.) diam.

                                                                     $8,000-12,000

                                                                     清康熙 彩漆百鳥朝鳳圖香几

                                                                993                    993 (detail of top)

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